Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:40:21 -0400 (EDT) From: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu (John Fieber) To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick start installation Message-ID: <199507142140.RAA12422@grendel.csc.smith.edu> In-Reply-To: <9507141611.AA07635@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> from "Sean Kelly" at Jul 14, 95 10:11:37 am
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Sean Kelly writes: > * Concern: when using dd to make a floppy from an image, you might > need to specify the block size on some systems. (I thought you > needed `bs=18b' on FreeBSD as well!) Maybe we should mention this. I don't think you *need* the blocksize, but I think an appropriate blocksize makes things go a little faster. Am I wrong? Anybody know optimal block sizes? -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush ===
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